Fieldwork
Do participant observation on social eating in another culture, different from your
own. (This can be an ethnic ritual or venue, or, less desirable but acceptable, a truly
ethnic restaurant frequented primarily by members of a culinary culture other than your
own). Take precise handwritten notes—only of what you do, observe, and hear. Turn in
your handwritten notes along with a three-page report of your findings. The first page
should describe only what you did, observed, and heard during your fieldwork. Then
describe something culture-specific about how people eat together in this setting. Finally,
theorize about how this specific meaning is a special case of a universal